A race to clean energy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709758053654{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"] The UW’s Clean Energy Institute is speeding the development of next-generation technology and supporting the experts who will create it. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709768478880{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Jamie Swenson | Photos by Dennis Wise | UW Magazine, March 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709836835749{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]As Hurricane Maria tore through Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 2017, Miguel González-Montijo hunkered down at home with his family. They were no strangers to hurricanes. Just two weeks earlier, a Category 5 Hurricane Irma had skirted the island, demolishing homes, causing floods and knocking out power for more than a million people. And now Maria, with wind...
Chemistry on deck and in the classroom
CEI Education & Training Fellow Erin Jedlicka has led visits to more than 50 schools, libraries, and science fairs around Washington state this year. A U.S. Navy veteran, she is now a member of David Ginger’s lab group, where she is researching materials for next-generation solar panels. ...
Early Engineers Build Solar Panels at the CEI
On July 29 and 30, the CEI hosted eight high school students participating in the UW Early Engineering Institute. ...
